Birmingham City 5-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2006

Result

Birmingham City 5-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 5-0 Portsmouth: match report

Birmingham City beat Portsmouth 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jiri Jarosik opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jiri Jarosik (5'), Jermaine Pennant (38'), Edward Upson (55'), Mikael Forssell (89', penalty) and David Dunn (90'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 16 points from 21 and Portsmouth 18th on 17 points from 22. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 3 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Portsmouth's L-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Jiri JarosikBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Jermaine PennantBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Edward UpsonBirmingham City · 3-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Damien JohnsonBirmingham City
  • 76'Yellow card · Andy GriffinPortsmouth
  • 89'Penalty goal · Mikael ForssellBirmingham City · 4-0
  • 90'Goal · David DunnBirmingham City · 5-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 3, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jermaine Pennant, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Chris Sutton, Jirí Jarosík, Damien Johnson

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham